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Christoph Haas 97b7b49b4c Emphasized that the software components are open-source.
At first I was not sure whether Komodo Edit was open-source. But it is.
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h1 About this web site
p
' This is a public repository of screenshots taken from applications contained
' in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and its derivates like Ubuntu. It was
' created to help getting an impression of what a certain software will look
' like on your desktop before you install it. Everybody can take screenshots and
' upload them. Our admin team will just review your changes before they become
' publicly visible.
h2 Which software packages are listed?
p
' The information on packages listed on this site is taken from APT repositories
' like Debian or Ubuntu. We are just throwing out packages that are bad
' candidates for screenshots like transitional packages, header files or debug
' packages. The repositories that we are scanning frequently are:
ul
- @package_sources.each do |repo|
li
a href=repo[:url] =repo[:description]
h2 Who is using this site?
p
' Many users interested in Linux distributions and their applications visit
' this site either to look for specific pieces of software for certain use
' cases or just to see if there are any new applications they may have missed out on.
' And then there are several applications and web sites that use the screenshots
' from this site:
ul
li Ubuntu's Software Center
li Benjamin Mesing's <em>Packagesearch</em> application
li
a href="https://packages.debian.org" packages.debian.org
li
a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com" packages.ubuntu.com
h2 How you can use the screenshots
p
' You can use the screenshots on your own website. Some useful URLs:
ul
li
// TODO: Use actual virtual host name here instead of hardcoding screenshots.debian.net
' http://screenshots.debian.net/packages
br
' (List of all packages with screenshots)
li
' http://screenshots.debian.net/package/PACKAGENAME
br
' (Page with details and screenshots for a certain package)
li
' http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/PACKAGENAME
br
' (Returns a thumbnail (160x120 pixels or less) of a package's first found
' screenshot. If no screenshot was found then a dummy image will be returned
' along with the HTTP code 404.)
li
' http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/PACKAGENAME
br
' (Returns a screenshot (800x600 pixels or less) of a package. If no
' screenshot was found then a dummy image will be returned along with the
' HTTP code 404.)
li
' http://screenshots.debian.net/rss
br
' (An RSS feed showing the most recently uploaded screenshots.)
' If you would like to get a complete list of packages or screenshots in JSON
' format then contact us and we will give you the URL.
h2 Uploading new screenshots
p
' Whether you are a developer or not - we appreciate if you upload screenshots.
' See if your favorite package does not yet have a screenshot and
a href=upload_package_path upload one
' .
h2 Statistics
p
// TODO: Use real values
' We currently have #{@package_count} packages in our database.
' 3798 of them have screenshots.
' That makes a total of 7.8%.
' We have #{@screenshot_count} screenshots on the server which means
' every package has an average number of #{@pkg_avg_screenshots} screenshots.
p
// TODO: Use plot about upload statistics
' (Number of screenshots uploaded each month.)
h2 Who is behind this site?
p
' This site has been developed and is maintained by Christoph Haas.
' It runs on a web application called <em>debshots</em> that was written in Ruby-on-Rails.
' debshots also uses a PostgreSQL database, the jQuery Javascript library
' and the Zurb Foundation toolkit. Further code has been
' contributed by Michael Vogt - programmer of Synaptic and Ubuntu's Software
' Center.
h2 Kudos
p
' It would not be possible to run this web site without these fabulous
' open-source software components: the
a href="https://jquery.com/" jQuery Javascript library
', the
a href="http://www.fancyapps.com/fancybox/" Fancybox plugin
', the
a href="http://www.postgresql.org/" PostgreSQL database
', the infamous but fabulous
a href="http://komodoide.com/komodo-edit/" Komodo Edit
', the
a href="http://foundation.zurb.com/" Zurb Foundation responsive web framework
' and last but definitely not least the
a href="http://rubyonrails.org/" Ruby on Rails web framework
' . And of course thanks to
a href="http://vexxhost.com/" VEXXHOST
' for sponsoring the server.